Village of the Falls is one of just three nursing homes in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. This nursing home was given an overall grade of B, which is a quality rating. Based on our ratings, this nursing home has quite a bit going for it. The best part of this nursing home's impressive profile is its inspection reports. Inspection grades are discussed in the next section
Village of the Falls
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
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Facility Inspections
On top of being a quality nursing home overall, this place excelled in our inspections category, where it earned an A+. Few facilities performed better in this area. Arguably the most critical factor we consider in computing our inspection ratings is deficiencies. Deficiencies can be found on a facility's inspection reports. Facilities with better scores in this category most likely dodged the more severe deficiencies involving patient abuse or death. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that we were able to find deficiency data for this nursing home. Without having all of the deficiency data for this facility, it was challenging to assess the place in the area of inspections.
Short-term Care Quality
Contributing to its profile, this facility also received a score of B+ for its short-term care rating. This is a well above average grade in this category. Our short-term care scores are based on a facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This includes a broad scope of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other variations of therapy. It does not look like this nursing home provided data regarding its registered nurse or physical therapy staffing. Lastly, we considered the percentage of patients that eventually returned home from this facility. We found that 0 percent of this facility's residents returned home.
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Nurse Quality
Next, we looked at the nursing category where we awarded this nursing home a grade of B-. This facility didn't perform quite as well in this category as it did in some other categories. Nevertheless, this is still a respectable score. Our nursing rating weighs a host of datapoints. The most heavily weighted one is the quantity of hours nurses spent with residents. This place provided just 0 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a low total compared with most other facilities. Despite having low quantities of nursing care, this nursing home fared better in some of the quality-based metrics we looked at. It scored well in terms of minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home's weakest category is long-term care, which is the last area we analyzed. In this category, we gave this nursing home a D. Long-term care ratings of this caliber generally are a bad sign for the quantity and quality of care provided by nurses and aids, as well as the levels of routine medical care available. One of the factors we considered on top of nurse's aid hours was vaccinations. Candidly, we were a bit bothered by the fact that this nursing home administered the pneumonia vaccination to a relatively low 90.625 percent of its patients. Surprisingly, this nursing home actually fared well at keeping its residents out of the hospital. It had only 0 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This is its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Village of the Falls Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Village of the Falls, 7.61% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic is a measure of the percent of long-term care residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We bake this statistic into our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Village of the Falls, 3.74% of Patients had Serious Falls
This tells you the percentage of residents who sustained a major fall. Falls resulting in serious injury are often caused by poor nursing care. Closer supervision can minimize the percentage of residents in a nursing home who sustain major falls.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Village of the Falls, 1.71% of Patients had UTIs
This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a urinary tract infection. These infections are sometimes linked to insufficient hygiene.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Village of the Falls, 13.23% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This figure measures the percentage of long-term patients taking antipsychotic drugs. While antipsychotic medications play an important role in caring for many residents, it is important to ensure these medications are being used appropriately. In limited situations, excessive reliance on these medications may indicate a facility is using these medications to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Village of the Falls, 22.46% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint indicates the percent of long-term care patients that were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are commonly given to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Village of the Falls, 20.26% of Patients
This indicates the percent of residents demonstrating signs of depression.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Village of the Falls, 90.12% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percentage of long-term patients who received the flu and pneumonia vaccines. Respiratory viruses can be very dangerous for seniors, making these types of vaccines vital to patient safety.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Village of the Falls, 14.88% Percentage of Patients
This metric measures the percentage of long-term care patients who needed more assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as dressing and eating. Some would argue this is a reliable measure of a resident's well-being.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Village of the Falls, 12 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Village of the Falls, 75.25% Percentage of Resident
This is the percent of short-term residents who saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. Higher levels of autonomy with ADL's generally correlates with superior rehabilitation.